Access to electricity (% of population) in IDA blend
IDA blend: Access to electricity (% of population) was 78.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Access to electricity in IDA blend, 1998–2024
Source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2024, access to electricity in IDA blend stood at 78.8%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to electricity in IDA blend peaked at 78.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54.2%, in 1998.
That places IDA blend 36th out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Access to electricity (% of population) in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 54.2% | — |
| 1999 | 55.5% | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 55.6% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 56.7% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 57.4% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 60.1% | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 59.1% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 60.2% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 61.1% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 62.3% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 63.3% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 63.1% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 64.0% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 68.0% | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 67.8% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 69.2% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 68.5% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 68.8% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 72.5% | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 71.6% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 73.2% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 73.9% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 74.5% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 76.5% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 77.0% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 77.9% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 78.8% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.8% | 54.2% | 55.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.9% | 55.6% | 63.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.7% | 64.0% | 73.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.9% | 74.5% | 78.8% | 5 |
More energy & mining data for IDA blend
- Ores and metals imports 2.5% (2025)
- Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources 0.7% (2023)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 32.09 kWh per person (2021)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 0.0149 kWh per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 4,173 kWh per square kilometre (2021)
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 13.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Investment in energy with private participation 1.82 billion current US$ (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to electricity in IDA blend?
- Access to electricity in IDA blend was 78.8% in 2024, according to SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest access to electricity recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 78.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest access to electricity recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.2% in 1998.
- How does IDA blend rank for access to electricity?
- IDA blend ranks 36th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is access to electricity rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA blend data come from?
- The figures come from SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), published as part of Access to electricity (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.